Delivery
Campus
Study mode
Full Time
Level
Bachelor
Starts
September

Introduction

BA Music and is a Bachelor program taught at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Intake: September. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (3 or 4 years) options.

The BA Music combined degree at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) focuses on musical traditions of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and their global diasporas. Students study music from perspectives including ethnomusicology, anthropology, politics, and history, and survey Asian and African musical cultures.

Performance is a central component, and students develop expertise in a variety of musical performance traditions. The course combines academic and practical skills, including research methods, critical theories, fieldwork practice, sound recording, podcasting, presentation skills, and musical performance.

Full-time undergraduate programmes consist of 120 credits per year, taught over 10 or 20 weeks, in modules of 30 or 15 credits. Some two-subject programmes are completed in 3 years, while others take 4 years and include a year abroad.

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in BA Music and at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

  • program specific academic requirment set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
  • English Language OR any other language requirments as set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London as pre-requiste for admission in BA Music and.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

A Levels: BBB

Contextual: BBC

For joint degrees with different entry requirements, the offer will be based on the subject with the higher entry requirements. For combinations available with this programme, the range is AAB–BBB.

See undergraduate entry requirements and English language requirements for international and alternative entry requirements.

Courses Units

Please check detail of study units at https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/ba-music-and

More Information

  • Christie’s
  • Christine Park Gallery
  • Crisis
  • Design Museum
  • Hong Kong Museum Of Art
  • India Foundation For The Arts
  • Japanese Gallery
  • Museum of East Asian Art
  • Music in Detention
  • National Gallery
  • Pan Arts
  • People Projects Culture & Change
  • Roundhouse Trust
  • Somerset House Trust
  • Songlines Magazine
  • Sotheby's
  • South Asian Art UK
  • Stratford Circus Arts Centre
  • Taiwan Embassy
  • The Alliance for Global Education
  • The British Embassy
  • The National Museum Of Korea
  • The Royal Collection
  • Victoria and Albert Museum

Scholarships

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.